Judge 'Very Impressed' by Live Tweeting From Courtroom

A Nova Scotia judge is welcoming Twitter into his courtroom with open arms.

Live-tweeting from a courtroom is an issue that hasn’t quite reached consensus, with some courts allowing journalists the full use of their smartphones during trial and others banning Twitter outright.

However, one judge from Nova Scotia, Canada is firmly in the “Twitter-approved” camp.

As Metro News reports, Chief Justice Joseph Kennedy of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court has said that he “couldn’t get over how well [Twitter in the courtroom] worked,” after allowing reporters to live tweet during a recent trial.

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